The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 12, 1907, Page 7, Image 7
The "Holiness" Preachers.
Complete Refutation of their
Unjust and Unfounded,
not to say Ridiculous,
Charges against the Ministers
and the Churches of
Lancaster.
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?.icoeu< ty several men claiming
ip be preachers have been holding
meetings in Lancaster. They
liavo been criticising the pastors,
the churches, and the people ot
Lancaster very freeiy. They
seemed to tliiuU they had a periect
right to do this; but, strange
to say, they and their followers
don't think that the people ot
Lancaster have a right to criticise
them. It is a poor rule that
does not work both ways. The
tact is that some things they
h ?v i been saving need to be
criticised. 1 shall mention a few
ot them.
1. They said the preachers
ol today preach a sinning religion;
they say a man can't live
without binning ; and they say it
is all right, to sin a little. That is
the charge they made. They said
this. Many people heard them
say it. Is is true? Do the pastors
say this? V^iere is the preacher
who says it is all right to sin a
little? Ha? any preacher any
where said it at any place or at
any time? I deny the charge. No
preacher in South Carolina today
could preach that way and
have a hearing. 1 deny the
charge that the pastors are so
preaching as to encourage people
to sin. It is utterly false.
2. We note a second assertion
they made : "The bar-keeping,
the saloon keepers, the
preachers, the church members
and the Devil are all locked arms
together fighting holiness." That
is a very broad charge. I shall
? speak only for the preuchers and
chifrch members. All true preachers
and church members are
working tor Bible Holiness. But
that is not necessarily the holiness
that some people claim to
have. Not every man who says
he is holy is really so; no, not at.
all But I return to this presently
3 They said: ikThe preachers
don't like our preaching because
it condemns them; it the preachers
ot Lancaster wanted the people
saved, why are they not here
helping us? All they want is to
get people to join the church so
they can help to pay their salaries
; they don't c?re whether
they are converted or not.'1
There are six white pastors in
Lancaster and they are true and
tried men. Not one of them asks
an unconverted man to join hid
church. Ail try to get men to accept
Christ lirrft and then join
the church. There is nothing secret
about this.* They have
preached it faithfully for years
in public where everybody can
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hear them. The whole community
fully knows the above
charge to be false. This charge
that the preachers of Lancaster
try to get unconverted people in
their churches simplv for monej
is equivalent to saying that the
preachers of Lancaster are low
down, cunn.ng tricksters, doing
their work tor sh^er greed and
gain. These said so-called holmes*
preachers, got $120 for their
eight days' talfc here in Lancas
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ter. That doea?not look like they
are doing their work gratis. One
of llie Lancaster pastors did a
whole year's hard work on the
factory hill without ever getting
a single cent for it. Can any
holiness preacher say as much?
4. They Baid : "There will be
more preachers in hell than anybody
else or any other class according
to numbers". This reminds
me of what a so-called
preacher said on the street here j
name time ago. He suid: 441
would rather have my rijrht arm
cut otf than preach anything but
the gospel.1' Thou said almost
immediately : 4There*s a string
ot preachers io lieil as loujr as
the Southern Railroad" In his
conception this last statement is
a part of the gospel. I wonder
'low he founds this ou ? II<>w did
these so called preachers find
out about so many preachers oe
iug in hell? Must we accept it as
a'act on 'heir bare etatemn'?
MuBt wo think it as true asome
ot the other statement"
ihey made?
5. They said: "The preachers
ot today are responsible tor
nearly all, if not all, of the
crimes of today." That is to sa>
according to them the preachers
of today are responsible tor the
lies. ti"0 thefts, the murders, and
all the other bad things. If thai
is so, the preachers had better
out of business. I 6uspect some
of the so-called preachers are
responsible for a good many
wrone things. That is the report
that follows some of them at
any rate. The thinking people of
the country and the world give
a different version of the matter
aqd say the preachers are doing
much to retard and overthrow
crimes But these little fellows
buck us against the world. Call
to mind the gnat on the ox's
horn.
6. Again, one or more of
them said : UA preacher, or any
one, that chews or smokes tobac
co is a slop tub from hell." How
(lid he find that out? Has he
been down there to see? lie
teems to show familiarity with
the place.
7. Again: "A man that
smokes- cigarettes will steal."
That sounds very much like a man
whois telling his own experience.
A man would hardly speak so
confidently who had not been
along that road himself. I am
not a tobacco m m myself and
therefore turn this point over t<>
th?'S? who are.
8 "A girl who mi-behaves in
in church is a harlot." Tins is
another One of their "cut and|
dried sayings. I deny :t in to'o.
Had behavior in church is bo'li
i unfortunate and wrong; but
, many a girl has misbehaved in
11 church and yet was pure and i
, I virtlions. T ninmltr iiii.
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s to show how crude, rash, and J
i unreliable many of their Rta'oi
meets were-.
9. They said : "The Baptists"
? are like the world, more water
> than land." I suppose he mean*
' water to be a symbol of nurei
liability and land of firmness.
' The Baptists, however, are firm
> enough not to be led astray by,
' them and there was the rub.
: The Baptists were here long bel
fore these so called preachers
' came and they will he here a
' | ^ng time alter they are gone.
Bible holiness requires a man
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